PinkPetunia's House

A Missive to my Local Crafty Library Patron

Dear Crafty Library Patron,

I love that you and I love all the same crafty books and clearly share the same tastes in crafts however, imagine my surprise after waiting for weeks on the Sewing Green: 25 Projects Made with Repurposed & Organic Materials 'want list' I finally open the book and pick out the Reversible Wrap Skirt project I was prepared to start immediately only to find ALL the patterns are missing. Did I leave them in my library bag? Nope. Are they at the library? Nope, Ms. Librarian said she does not have them and she does not see any comments in the computer either. Hmm. I am quite certain I have been in this situation before. Because of this, I feel the need to share my concern with you.

It seems each time I get a book that contains patterns, you have inadvertently forgotten to replace them in the book before returning it to the library. Now, I have done that on one occasion but the act of tracking the book down to replace said patterns was a total and complete nightmare. Since I am pretty sure you will not be doing that any time soon, I am back on the wait list for another copy of the book. I am only hoping my luck will be a little better this go-round and you have not decided to borrow the only other copy the county has of Sewing Green: 25 Projects Made with Repurposed & Organic Materials.

 

Please be more considerate of my delicate crafty feelings and limited free time the next time you check out a crafty book that I would like to borrow too.

Sincerely,
Christine

Back in the day

So in my Hot Cocoa post yesterday, I used the phrase "back in the day." For anyone that works with me, they know how much I H-A-T-E that phrase. It is more over used than "think outside the box." BTW, another phrase I hate. Almost as much as Jenn hates the use of papyrus (Note to Jenn, saw it used on a produce truck yesterday. Why?). 

Most of the people I work with use this phrase to describe the work culture in the mid-70s when they all were young and carefree...smoking, drinking, having casual naked indiscretions with co-workers. It seems like that is all they ever really want to talk about. They worked together, played sports together, drank together, went home together. You get the idea. They still talk about this like it happened last year. Come on, people. Put away your polyester, elastic waisted pants (seriously, if you could only see where I work) and join us in this century. Try and focus on what your job means today. If you can't do that, maybe it is time to retire. Really. You have been there for 40 years.